What if I Really Don’t Like Beige? Wasp & Pear by Gerald Murphy

This isn’t really a problem; this painting includes a few shades of grey! They’re admittedly not as prominent as the beige, but that’s okay. Let’s see how this might play out, with the same 4 accent garments and a different scarf…

All I did for the color palette was change the beige to grey, and change the borders of each of the colors from brown to grey.

So this means that we need to start with A Common Wardrobe (i.e. classic garments that many of us might own) in grey:

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Yes, yes, yes! Would love to see the accessories. I love all your posts, by the way. They have helped me get organized and out of shopping confusion. For those of us who have to cover swollen ankles and cannot wear skirts or shorts, perhaps we could substitute jeans for the shorts? Substituting a long guaze skirt for the short skirt doesn’t quite fit the mood or look of the short skirt. Perhaps another pair of pants would be better, but it’s hard to imagine what kind of 4th long pair would be best in this wardrobe. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks so much!

I think I would benefit from a post on accessories for this palate. I am a pale redhead, blue eyed, and I don’t feel good in beige at all. I can tolerate beige below the waistline, but just barely. Beige is everywhere in fashion these days, and it just makes my complexion look sick and lifeless. I can wear gray, the pale sherbet colors of this palate. And I have no problems with yellows of any kind. I have learned so much reading your posts, I’m very great full!

Thank you, these accent colours do indeed look lovely with the grey. And for colder weather, they’d work nicely with a darker grey too. Win win! Beautiful scarf to tie things together, as always – you are a great scarf-finder! I would like to see this with accessories please.

Thank you! I was one of your readers who requested this version, and I had my doubts about the warm colors with cool grey. But, this looks great! I could definitely adopt this as my summer wardrobe (I am too pale for most white bottoms).

Looking forward to the accessories – I hope you include a fun pair of shoes/sandals. 🙂

I see peridot, limon quartz, corals, salmon touches here and there, possibly something in red grapefruit. A lovely palette, very cooling in the summer. The colors you have chosen remind me of Italian ices!

Wow, this really does not work for my eye. All those grey outfits just look like communist prison uniforms. (Not that I’ve ever been in a communist prison…) And next to the bright tops they almost look like they’ve been rendered in greyscale. I have have a healthy dose of grey in my wardrobe but with my red hair and green eyes find I need to balance it with a lot more color.

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